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Jail [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A prison; a building or place for the confinement of persons arrested for debt or for crime, and held in the custody of the sheriff.

Jail [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Jail [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To imprison.

Jailbird [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.

Jailer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The keeper of a prison.

Jailer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The keeper of a jail or prison.

Jailfever [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A contagious and fatal fever generated in jails and other places crowded with people.

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1 KJV and 13 BSB verses contain “jail”

Jeremiah 37:15

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

Matthew 18:34

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

Acts 5:18

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Acts 5:19

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

Acts 5:21

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought.

At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

Acts 5:22

But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

Acts 5:23

Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

Acts 5:25

Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

Acts 16:23

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely:

And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

Acts 16:27

And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

Acts 16:29

Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

Acts 16:33

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.

Acts 16:36

And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”